09 November 2010

Watery Wednesday - Alligator Feeding Time

My son, T, saw more alligators in captivity, like these ones here at Gators With Friends Park in Louisiana, than he did in the wild. (be still my heart). What is the fascination with something that looks at you and thinks food? I shake my head in wonder.

Gators With Friends has many animals other than gators but for the gator fanatic, you can, if you dare, hold a baby gator. I don't know that I am brave enough for that!

But cats see us and think "food" too! I find alligators endearing. I've kayaked alongside them here in florida and they pay little notice... its the fishermen wading in the water with chum and bait that make the headlines.

There is something so primordial about alligators. I think it is the closest we can come to imagining the dinosaurs...I would be interested to hold a baby, as they would be too little to do any harm... These places have to have insurance, after all!